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    Opinion

    Letter: The trouble with electric buses

    Posted on March 28, 2023March 24, 2023 by Letters

    “We should use and maintain what we have (except nukes), manufacture mainly two-stroke diesel bus (and fire engine) parts and address climate change exclusively with municipal abortion funding.”

    751 views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: Women need to use their voting power

    Posted on March 27, 2023March 24, 2023 by Letters

    “We women have to wake up and use our voting power to support what we need. This is clearly the way to protect the future.”

    1.1 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Promote trees, not roads, in our national forests

    Posted on March 27, 2023March 24, 2023 by Letters

    “This forest management plan was supposed to be a framework for long-term sustainability of our national forests and carbon storage but instead puts wildlife habitats and old-growth areas at an increased risk, catering to new roads that will increase water pollution and habitat fragmentation.”

    1.3 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: Solutions needed for downtown homeless situation

    Posted on March 26, 2023March 24, 2023 by Letters

    “I feel like if this situation isn’t seriously addressed, it will have a long-term negative effect on Asheville and its many businesses that rely on tourism.”

    2.3 K views2LettersOpinion

    Wheels on the bus

    Posted on March 26, 2023March 24, 2023 by Molton
    860 views+HumorOpinion

    Letter: A disconcert­ing downtown experience

    Posted on March 25, 2023March 24, 2023 by Letters

    “Clusters of mostly men had gathered in the shadows of every doorway. No one spoke to us or even acknowledged us, but I was glad I wasn’t alone.”

    2.5 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: Asheville’­s sad descent

    Posted on March 25, 2023March 24, 2023 by Letters

    “It has become a place where local people cannot afford to live and many of us no longer want to visit.”

    4.1 K views4LettersOpinion

    Letter: Downtown problems need city, county attention

    Posted on March 25, 2023March 24, 2023 by Letters

    “I have felt a creepy vibe when I have gone downtown because of the difficulty of finding parking and the homeless folks camped out on sidewalks.”

    2.1 K views4LettersOpinion

    Mind the gap

    Posted on March 24, 2023March 23, 2023 by Brent Brown
    1.0 K views+HumorOpinion

    Letter: More coverage needed on women’s reproducti­ve rights

    Posted on March 21, 2023March 20, 2023 by Letters

    “Other than a Planned Parenthood ad, I saw no mention whatsoever of the effect of that Supreme Court decision on Buncombe County or on family planning services in this area.”

    1.7 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: Ohio derailment raises local concern

    Posted on March 21, 2023March 20, 2023 by Letters

    “An incident like the Ohio disaster could wreck tourism, not to mention our everyday lives, for many years.”

    1.3 K views3LettersOpinion

    Letter: Save our libraries — again

    Posted on March 21, 2023March 20, 2023 by Letters

    “Buncombe commissioners have so little regard for libraries and librarians that it’s OK to make our woefully underfunded system worse for both patrons and staff.”

    1.0 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Ask TDA to support homes for workers

    Posted on March 20, 2023March 18, 2023 by Letters

    “But we can directly help our county’s workers, the people who drive our tourism economy — and thus drive contributions to the TDA’s coffers — by asking the TDA to give some money back to build housing for such workers.”

    1.3 K views1LettersOpinion

    Letter: National Guard could help with downtown safety

    Posted on March 20, 2023March 18, 2023 by Letters

    “Why not bring in the National Guard to help assist the Asheville Police Department in the downtown area?”

    1.4 K views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: How to pay for downtown remedies

    Posted on March 19, 2023March 18, 2023 by Letters

    “The Buncombe County Tourism Development Authority is sitting on millions of dollars in its coffers and should spend some of its money making downtown Asheville the tourism haven that it promises it is in all of its marketing efforts, but their promise is currently not delivered.”

    1.9 K views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: The dynamic of ‘travelers­’ and police

    Posted on March 19, 2023March 18, 2023 by Letters

    “The lack of regular patrolling invites chaos and boundary testing. This has been a long-running issue and can only be solved by a community united by bold government leadership.”

    1.4 K views+LettersOpinion

    Letter: Improving dreadful downtown Asheville

    Posted on March 19, 2023March 18, 2023 by Letters

    “Hire 40% more policemen, pay them a salary so they can live in Asheville and put them where they are needed the most — downtown Asheville.”

    2.2 K views2LettersOpinion

    Letter: The sad decline of downtown Asheville

    Posted on March 18, 2023March 17, 2023 by Letters

    “We all know the priorities, and they are past needing to be dealt with.”

    4.7 K views4LettersOpinion

    Letter: Guaranteed results for downtown’s woes

    Posted on March 18, 2023March 17, 2023 by Letters

    “Want to see immediate improvements to the ghastly state of downtown Asheville?”

    1.8 K views4LettersOpinion

    Letter: How quickly can downtown be saved (again)?

    Posted on March 18, 2023March 17, 2023 by Letters

    “How could things have gotten this bad without intervention? How quickly will this situation of fear and crime be turned around?”

    1.9 K views3LettersOpinion

    Making paper

    Posted on March 17, 2023March 16, 2023 by Brent Brown
    930 views+HumorOpinion

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